1986 Maryland House of Delegates election

The 1986 Maryland House of Delegates elections were held on November 4, 1986, as part of the 1986 United States elections, including the 1986 Maryland gubernatorial election. All 141 of Maryland's state delegates were up for reelection.

1986 Maryland House of Delegates election

← 1982 November 4, 1986 1990 →
All 141 seats in the Maryland House of Delegates 71 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ben Cardin (retired) Robert R. Neall (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 6, 1979 1983 Leader's seat 42nd district 33rd district Last election 124 17 Seats won 124 17 Seat change
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election Ben Cardin Democratic Elected Speaker R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. Democratic

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

1. District 1B: William B. Byrnes retired.
2. District 1B: W. Timothy Finan retired.
3. District 9: Donald K. Hughes retired.
4. District 9: Thomas B. Kernan retired to run for Baltimore County Executive.^[1]
5. District 11: Arthur S. Alperstein retired to run for state senator in District 11.
6. District 11: Paula Hollinger retired to run for state senator in District 11.
7. District 14: Edward J. Kasemeyer retired to run for state senator in District 14.^[2]
8. District 16: Marilyn R. Goldwater retired to run for state senator in District 16.^[3]
9. District 18: Helen L. Koss retired.^[2]
10. District 19: Idamae Garrott retired to run for state senator in District 19.^[1]
11. District 19: Lucille Maurer retired to run for state senator in District 19.^[1]
12. District 20: Diane Kirchenbauer retired to run for state senator in District 20.^[4]
13. District 20: Ida G. Ruben retired to run for state senator in District 20.^[4]
14. District 22: Frank Pesci retired.^[5]
15. District 25: Jerry E. Perry retired to run for state senator in District 25.^[2]
16. District 25: Albert Wynn retired to run for state senator in District 25.^[2]
17. District 26: Frederick C. Rummage retired.^[1]
18. District 28B: John Knight Parlett retired.^[6]
19. District 30: Elmer F. Hagner Jr. retired.
20. District 30: Robert G. Kramer retired.
21. District 41: Wendell H. Phillips retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district.^[7]
22. District 42: Ben Cardin retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 3rd congressional district.^[8]

Republicans

1. District 16: Connie Morella retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 8th congressional district.^[9]
2. District 21: Thomas J. Mooney retired to run for governor.^[10]
3. District 32: Robert R. Neall retired to run for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district.^[7]
4. District 38: Lewis R. Riley retired to run for state senator in District 38.^[1]

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

1. District 3A: Paul D. Muldowney lost renomination to Bruce Poole.^[11]
2. District 8: Dale Anderson lost renomination to Donna M. Felling and incumbents Joseph Bartenfelder and William J. Burgess.
3. District 19: Joseph E. Owens lost renomination to Henry B. Heller, Carol S. Petzold, and Leonard H. Teitelbaum.
4. District 22: David Bird lost renomination to Anne MacKinnon, Paul G. Pinsky, and incumbent Richard A. Palumbo.
5. District 26: Marian L. Patterson lost renomination to Rosa Lee Blumenthal, Gloria G. Lawlah, and incumbent Christine Miller Jones.
6. District 31: William Turc Sr. lost renomination to W. Ray Huff, James J. Riley, and incumbent Charles W. Kolodziejski.
7. District 40: Mary B. Adams lost renomination to Tony E. Fulton and incumbents Ralph M. Hughes and Pete Rawlings.
8. District 43: Charles Bucky Muth lost renomination to Ann Marie Doory and incumbents Gerald Curran and Henry R. Hergenroeder Jr.

Republicans

1. District 4B: V. Lanny Harchenhorn lost renomination to Donald B. Elliott.
2. District 10: Thomas W. Chamberlain Sr. lost renomination to Bob Ehrlich and incumbents Wade Kach and Ellen Sauerbrey.

In general elections

Republicans

1. District 3B: M. Albert Morningstar lost to James E. McClellan and Royd Smith.

Detailed results

District 1A • District 1B • District 2A • District 2B • District 2C • District 3A • District 3B • District 4A • District 4B • District 5A • District 5B • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13A • District 13B • District 14A • District 14B • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28A • District 28B • District 29A • District 29B • District 29C • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35A • District 35B • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47

All election results are from the Maryland State Board of Elections.^[12]

District 1A

Maryland House of Delegates District 1A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George C. Edwards (incumbent)	5,648	100.0
	Republican hold

District 1B

Maryland House of Delegates District 1B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Workman	8,195	29.1
	Democratic	Kevin Kelly	7,858	27.9
	Republican	Robert M. Hutcheson	6,151	21.8
	Republican	William R. Davis	5,984	21.2
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 2A

Maryland House of Delegates District 2A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Casper R. Taylor Jr. (incumbent)	3,533	59.2
	Republican	James M. Roby	2,431	40.8
	Democratic hold

District 2B

Maryland House of Delegates District 2B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter G. Callas (incumbent)	5,339	71.7
	Republican	Richard D. Wiles	2,103	28.3
	Democratic hold

District 2C

Maryland House of Delegates District 2C election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald F. Munson (incumbent)	4,303	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3A

Maryland House of Delegates District 3A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Poole	4,708	50.5
	Independent	Paul D. Muldowney (incumbent)	3,073	33.0
	Republican	Ronald J. Stansbury	1,545	16.6
	Democratic hold

District 3B

Maryland House of Delegates District 3B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James E. McClellan (incumbent)	9,228	31.7
	Democratic	Royd Smith	7,872	27.0
	Republican	M. Albert Morningstar (incumbent)	6,509	22.4
	Republican	Donald T. Taylor	5,493	18.9
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 4A

Maryland House of Delegates District 4A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas H. Hattery (incumbent)	9,014	31.7
	Democratic	George Littrell (incumbent)	8,391	29.5
	Republican	Kenneth R. Coffey	7,954	27.9
	Republican	Larry W. Cook	3,113	10.9
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 4B

Maryland House of Delegates District 4B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald B. Elliott	5,295	72.4
	Democratic	Robert George Fehle Sr.	2,018	27.6
	Republican hold

District 5A

Maryland House of Delegates District 5A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard C. Matthews (incumbent)	10,669	30.9
	Democratic	Richard N. Dixon (incumbent)	10,118	29.3
	Democratic	Francis X. Walsh	7,207	20.9
	Republican	Jon Buck	6,499	18.8
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold

District 5B

Maryland House of Delegates District 5B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence A. LaMotte (incumbent)	4,190	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Maryland House of Delegates District 6 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. Terry Connelly (incumbent)	13,324	27.8
	Democratic	Michael H. Weir (incumbent)	12,862	26.8
	Democratic	E. Farrell Maddox	12,387	25.9
	Republican	Michael J. Davis	5,052	10.5
	Republican	Edward L. Reider	4,282	8.9
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 7

Maryland House of Delegates District 7 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert R. Staab (incumbent)	18,956	30.2
	Democratic	John S. Arnick (incumbent)	18,244	29.0
	Democratic	Louis L. DePazzo (incumbent)	18,103	28.8
	Republican	Walter F. Menear Jr.	3,857	6.1
	Republican	Joseph E. Antonelli	3,661	5.8
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 8

Maryland House of Delegates District 8 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Bartenfelder (incumbent)	18,245	23.1
	Democratic	Donna M. Felling	16,443	20.8
	Democratic	William J. Burgess (incumbent)	16,049	20.3
	Republican	Scott A. Sewell	11,610	14.7
	Republican	Alfred W. Redmer Jr.	10,841	13.7
	Republican	Howard C. Harclerode	5,782	7.3
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 9

Maryland House of Delegates District 9 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Scanlan Klima (incumbent)	16,082	19.5
	Democratic	Michael U. Gisriel	14,329	17.4
	Republican	John J. Bishop	14,004	17.0
	Republican	Patrick E. Carter	13,003	15.8
	Democratic	Jack R. Sturgill Jr.	12,819	15.5
	Democratic	William R. Richardson Jr.	12,291	14.9
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Maryland House of Delegates District 10 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ellen Sauerbrey (incumbent)	20,653	26.5
	Republican	Wade Kach (incumbent)	17,583	22.6
	Republican	Bob Ehrlich	16,365	21.0
	Democratic	Jay Wachter	13,298	17.1
	Democratic	Judith Boone	9,922	12.7
	Republican hold
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 11

Maryland House of Delegates District 11 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore Levin (incumbent)	21,593	32.5
	Democratic	Leon Albin	19,096	28.7
	Democratic	Richard Rynd	19,032	28.6
	Republican	Beverly Eileen Goldstein	6,778	10.2
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 12

Maryland House of Delegates District 12 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis P. Morsberger (incumbent)	18,035	33.8
	Democratic	Nancy L. Murphy {incumbent)	17,747	33.2
	Democratic	Kenneth H. Masters (incumbent)	17,636	33.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 13A

Maryland House of Delegates District 13A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virginia M. Thomas	6,957	68.3
	Republican	Mark E. Percich	3,233	31.7
	Democratic hold

District 13B

Maryland House of Delegates District 13B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan R. Buswell (incumbent)	8,163	29.7
	Democratic	William C. Bevan (incumbent)	8,049	29.2
	Republican	Martin G. Madden	7,527	27.4
	Republican	Wayne M. Hammerly	3,779	13.7
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 14A

Maryland House of Delegates District 14A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joel Chasnoff (incumbent)	7,390	63.2
	Republican	Patricia Anne Faulkner	4,295	36.8
	Democratic hold

District 14B

Maryland House of Delegates District 14B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert H. Kittleman (incumbent)	14,806	32.3
	Republican	Robert Flanagan	11,708	25.5
	Democratic	Sue-Ellen Hantman	9,870	21.5
	Democratic	E. Alexander Adams	9,445	20.6
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

Maryland House of Delegates District 15 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judith C. Toth (incumbent)	19,280	20.6
	Republican	Jean Roesser	18,525	19.8
	Democratic	Gene W. Counihan (incumbent)	18,104	19.3
	Democratic	Sandra E. Bregman	15,475	16.5
	Republican	John C. Webb Jr.	11,461	12.2
	Republican	Ronald S. Bird	10,795	11.5
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 16

Maryland House of Delegates District 16 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Kopp (incumbent)	20,823	20.3
	Democratic	Gilbert J. Genn	20,570	20.1
	Democratic	Brian Frosh	20,145	19.7
	Republican	Carol Trawick	13,730	13.4
	Republican	William Colliton	13,727	13.4
	Republican	John A. Whitney	13,476	13.2
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 17

Maryland House of Delegates District 17 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennie M. Forehand (incumbent)	15,750	25.8
	Democratic	Mary H. Boergers (incumbent)	15,562	25.5
	Democratic	Michael R. Gordon (incumbent)	14,338	23.4
	Republican	Matthew J. Hannon	7,848	12.8
	Republican	Mark Allen Skinner	7,649	12.5
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 18

Maryland House of Delegates District 18 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia R. Sher (incumbent)	17,378	23.5
	Democratic	Donald B. Robertson (incumbent)	17,093	23.1
	Democratic	C. Lawrence Wiser	16,306	22.0
	Republican	Howard Jenkins III	8,004	10.8
	Republican	Edgar A. Cadwallader	7,664	10.4
	Republican	Randolph B. Titus	7,593	10.3
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 19

Maryland House of Delegates District 19 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol S. Petzold	18,227	21.5
	Democratic	Leonard H. Teitelbaum	17,685	20.8
	Democratic	Henry B. Heller	17,670	20.8
	Republican	Mary Bowen	11,300	13.3
	Republican	Kyo R. Jhin	11,075	13.0
	Republican	William Jensen	8,974	10.6
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 20

Maryland House of Delegates District 20 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Franchot	17,596	23.8
	Democratic	Dana Lee Dembrow	17,457	23.7
	Democratic	Sheila E. Hixson (incumbent)	17,255	23.4
	Republican	Stuart T. Eisen	7,483	10.1
	Republican	James Gordon Bennett	7,431	10.1
	Republican	Ronald T. Richard	6,572	8.9
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 21

Maryland House of Delegates District 21 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy F. Maloney (incumbent)	12,238	34.6
	Democratic	Pauline Menes (incumbent)	11,800	33.4
	Democratic	James Rosapepe	11,292	32.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 22

Maryland House of Delegates District 22 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard A. Palumbo (incumbent)	11,498	31.8
	Democratic	Anne MacKinnon	10,286	28.4
	Democratic	Paul G. Pinsky	10,262	28.3
	Republican	James J. Krehely	4,158	11.5
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 23

Maryland House of Delegates District 23 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Breslin Pitkin (incumbent)	16,593	35.0
	Democratic	Mary A. Conroy (incumbent)	15,815	33.4
	Democratic	Charles J. Ryan Jr. (incumbent)	15,008	31.7
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 24

Maryland House of Delegates District 24 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvania W. Woods Jr. (incumbent)	10,809	33.5
	Democratic	Francis J. Santangelo Sr. (incumbent)	10,797	33.5
	Democratic	Nathaniel Exum (incumbent)	10,622	33.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 25

Maryland House of Delegates District 25 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis C. Donaldson (incumbent)	10,806	33.0
	Democratic	Juanita Miller	10,180	31.1
	Democratic	Ulysses Currie	9,733	29.7
	Republican	Bryan K. Swartwood	2,049	6.3
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 26

Maryland House of Delegates District 26 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosa Lee Blumenthal	11,610	28.7
	Democratic	Christine M. Jones (incumbent)	10,893	26.9
	Democratic	Gloria G. Lawlah (incumbent)	10,308	25.5
	Republican	Lyle Delfosse	4,073	10.1
	Republican	Lee F. Breuer	3,547	8.8
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 27

Maryland House of Delegates District 27 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (incumbent)	13,750	24.7
	Democratic	William R. McCaffrey (incumbent)	13,533	24.3
	Democratic	Gary R. Alexander (incumbent)	12,430	22.3
	Republican	Francis James DiSalvo	7,892	14.2
	Republican	John Gleason	4,350	7.8
	Republican	Charles W. Sherren Jr.	3,738	6.7
	Independent	Theodore Higier	2	0.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 28A

Maryland House of Delegates District 28A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Sprague (incumbent)	10,021	50.5
	Democratic	Samuel C. Linton (incumbent)	9,817	49.5
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 28B

Maryland House of Delegates District 28B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Wood Jr.	4,164	72.8
	Republican	William Ragsdale	1,559	27.2
	Democratic hold

District 29A

Maryland House of Delegates District 29A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas A. Rymer (incumbent)	5,971	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29B

Maryland House of Delegates District 29B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Ernest Bell II (incumbent)	5,739	72.5
	Republican	Dennis M. O'Hara	2,179	27.5
	Democratic hold

District 29C

Maryland House of Delegates District 29C election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Slade III (incumbent)	3,696	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

Maryland House of Delegates District 30 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Astle (incumbent)	16,354	22.5
	Democratic	Michael E. Busch	13,858	19.1
	Democratic	Donald E. Lamb	12,898	17.8
	Republican	John R. Hammond	12,895	17.8
	Republican	David Kelley	10,291	14.2
	Republican	Frank Bradlyn McClanahan	6,349	8.7
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 31

Maryland House of Delegates District 31 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John R. Leopold (incumbent)	14,586	22.3
	Democratic	W. Ray Huff	14,005	21.4
	Democratic	Charles W. Kolodziejski (incumbent)	13,050	19.9
	Democratic	James J. Riley	12,895	19.7
	Republican	Anthony J. Girandola	5,950	9.1
	Republican	Charles E. Beatty	4,994	7.6
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 32

Maryland House of Delegates District 32 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick C. Scannello (incumbent)	13,593	29.7
	Democratic	George T. Schmincke (incumbent)	12,817	28.0
	Democratic	Tyras S. Athey (incumbent)	12,671	27.7
	Republican	William W. Kemp	6,634	14.5
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 33

Maryland House of Delegates District 33 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth S. Smith (incumbent)	13,091	20.4
	Republican	John G. Gary (incumbent)	12,315	19.2
	Democratic	Marsha G. Perry	10,476	16.3
	Democratic	John Witty	10,272	16.0
	Democratic	Bill D. Burlison	9,092	14.2
	Republican	Douglas W. Diehl	8,985	14.0
	Republican hold
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 34

Maryland House of Delegates District 34 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen M. Rehrmann (incumbent)	14,781	25.4
	Democratic	Barbara Osborn Kreamer (incumbent)	14,069	24.2
	Democratic	William H. Cox Jr. (incumbent)	13,272	22.8
	Republican	Michael von Lange	8,266	14.2
	Republican	John D. Reynolds	7,720	13.3
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 35A

Maryland House of Delegates District 35A election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Lutz (incumbent)	10,093	31.3
	Republican	William A. Clark (incumbent)	8,855	27.5
	Republican	Dorothy Polek Stancill	7,736	24.0
	Democratic	Edwin E. Hess	5,568	17.3
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 35B

Maryland House of Delegates District 35B election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ethel Ann Murray (incumbent)	3,846	58.5
	Republican	Walter Burlin	2,726	41.5
	Democratic hold

District 36

Maryland House of Delegates District 36 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. (incumbent)	14,250	30.8
	Democratic	Ronald A. Guns (incumbent)	13,745	29.7
	Democratic	John M. Ashley Jr. (incumbent)	11,387	24.6
	Republican	Joseph L. Holt	6,953	15.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 37

Maryland House of Delegates District 37 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William S. Horne (incumbent)	13,936	26.7
	Democratic	Samuel Q. Johnson III (incumbent)	13,113	25.1
	Republican	Richard F. Colburn (incumbent)	12,148	23.3
	Democratic	James H. Balderson	7,953	15.2
	Republican	Donald Littleton	5,068	9.7
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 38

Maryland House of Delegates District 38 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel M. Long (incumbent)	17,390	31.2
	Democratic	Norman Conway	16,872	30.2
	Democratic	Mark O. Pilchard (incumbent)	14,998	26.9
	Republican	Domnick Brunori	6,552	11.7
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 39

Maryland House of Delegates District 39 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Young (incumbent)	9,299	35.9
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings (incumbent)	8,315	32.1
	Democratic	Ruth M. Kirk (incumbent)	8,281	32.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 40

Maryland House of Delegates District 40 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph M. Hughes (incumbent)	11,844	35.7
	Democratic	Pete Rawlings (incumbent)	10,716	32.3
	Democratic	Tony E. Fulton	10,602	32.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 41

Maryland House of Delegates District 41 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret H. Murphy (incumbent)	13,261	36.7
	Democratic	Nathaniel T. Oaks (incumbent)	11,549	31.9
	Democratic	Frank Boston	11,343	31.4
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 42

Maryland House of Delegates District 42 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel I. Rosenberg (incumbent)	16,143	30.3
	Democratic	James W. Campbell (incumbent)	16,000	30.0
	Democratic	David B. Shapiro	14,978	28.1
	Republican	Nicholas B. Fessenden	3,396	6.4
	Republican	Ernest B. Gray Sr.	2,750	5.2
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 43

Maryland House of Delegates District 43 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Curran (incumbent)	16,909	31.4
	Democratic	Ann Marie Doory	16,535	30.7
	Democratic	Henry R. Hergenroeder Jr. (incumbent)	16,141	30.0
	Republican	Sonny A. Hall	4,303	8.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 44

Maryland House of Delegates District 44 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anne Scarlet Perkins (incumbent)	14,713	31.9
	Democratic	Curt Anderson (incumbent)	14,016	30.4
	Democratic	Kenneth C. Montague Jr.	13,866	30.1
	Republican	James B. Larrimore	3,468	7.5
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 45

Maryland House of Delegates District 45 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John W. Douglass (incumbent)	10,256	34.3
	Democratic	Hattie N. Harrison (incumbent)	9,933	33.2
	Democratic	Clarence "Tiger" Davis (incumbent)	9,713	32.5
	Independent	Ronald M. Owens-Bey	7	0.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 46

Maryland House of Delegates District 46 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	American Joe Miedusiewski (incumbent)	15,521	33.7
	Democratic	Anthony M. DiPietro Jr. (incumbent)	15,467	33.5
	Democratic	Cornell N. Dypski	15,119	32.8
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 47

Maryland House of Delegates District 47 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. Charles Avara (incumbent)	9,802	33.7
	Democratic	Joseph W. O'Malley (incumbent)	9,703	33.3
	Democratic	Paul E. Weisengoff (incumbent)	9,596	33.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold